Customer Reviews

Strathwood Talbot Hardwood Adirondack Chair and Ottoman

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I have put lots of furniture together and as a hobby build large wooden model airplanes, so I thought putting this chair together would be a cinch. If I had it to do again, I would not buy a Strathwood product.

Would not recommend this chair unless you are prepared for and have the tools for:
1. Drilling new holes in the correct place - could not assemble the way some of the holes were drilled.
2. Substituting your own hardware (i.e. carriage bolts, washers, nuts, etc) for the cheap hardware that came with the chair - the hardware has allen-wrench heads. Some of the machining was so bad that the hardware was unusable or stripped easily, so I needed to substitute. Not very attractive finished product with unmatched hardware.
3. Using your own allen wrenches to assemble - the 2 wrenches that came in the kit were of soft metal that did not last through the assembly process.
4. Using a clamp (like a medium size C-clamp) to pull the pieces together to assemble. Some of the wooden pieces were so warped that I had to clamp them together to get the hardware to work, otherwise the bolts were too short.

Poorly machined, absolute junk hardware (not stuff you're going to pick up at a hardware store, so be prepared for improvising a lot of substitutions), wooden parts need to be tweaked into position, but decent and comfortable once you somehow get the thing assembled. Amazon doesn't stock replacement hardware, but they offered a discount as one of the options. I'm sorry that a decent, well-priced product turns into an assembly nightmare over a simple lack of quality control - really didn't need to be that way.

The chairs are sturdy and appear to be well made. They should withstand the test of time and the outdoor elements.
Assembly was a bit ticky since the instructions don't make any suggestions on the order of assembly. Turns out it doesn't matter since no way was any easier than another.
All in all I'm happy with the chairs and would recommend them to others. Good product at a good price.

the two chairs were a little scratched up from shipping but over all love the chairs. the only real problem was that the screws/hardware and directions were not in one of my chairs boxes that i ordered. i contacted amazon after many failed attempts to the chair company, amazon took care of it very fast for me and sent another chair that came, with everything, within one day.

Great set of chairs. I bought a pair for myself, a pair for my parents, and a spare just in case. Love them, and they're holding up nice after a year in the yard. Even if Elena is incredulous.

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of these chairs at this price. The wood has a great finish and the assembly was easy. I liked them so much I bought another set.